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... words in the dictionary . Supply the words omitted in - A bird | Should Bough , bow ; through , threw ; I , eye ; plane , plain ; wood , would . learn my lesson . Falls Make a yellow on the The joiner woods . He smooths the with his I ...
... words in the dictionary . Supply the words omitted in - A bird | Should Bough , bow ; through , threw ; I , eye ; plane , plain ; wood , would . learn my lesson . Falls Make a yellow on the The joiner woods . He smooths the with his I ...
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... Supply the words wanting in- have the prize , my The Whatever they a him . He was hunter shot a man . I have there . the tea things . There is a growing in my garden . me . He got hold of of the legs . The Bore a of for You QUESTIONS ...
... Supply the words wanting in- have the prize , my The Whatever they a him . He was hunter shot a man . I have there . the tea things . There is a growing in my garden . me . He got hold of of the legs . The Bore a of for You QUESTIONS ...
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... Supply the words omitted in - She hastened to the a the of meal . of tea and of cream . Take The grocer is sugar . Give him He bought a your hat . The top ! the hill . His The is sore . was shot by me . He gets for his kindness . The ...
... Supply the words omitted in - She hastened to the a the of meal . of tea and of cream . Take The grocer is sugar . Give him He bought a your hat . The top ! the hill . His The is sore . was shot by me . He gets for his kindness . The ...
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... which are not expected to be good or successful . DICTATION . Time , thyme ; wail , wale ; bell , belle ; knell , Nell ; rough , ruff ; rude , rood ; new , knew . R. III . B 18 DESERVE IT . Supply the words omitted in - Anon,
... which are not expected to be good or successful . DICTATION . Time , thyme ; wail , wale ; bell , belle ; knell , Nell ; rough , ruff ; rude , rood ; new , knew . R. III . B 18 DESERVE IT . Supply the words omitted in - Anon,
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English reader. 18 DESERVE IT . Supply the words omitted in - It is you were in bed . This is the a sweet - smelling plant . The boy's back bears the mark of many a The unfortunate This girl is the hear the church . the bitter times . of ...
English reader. 18 DESERVE IT . Supply the words omitted in - It is you were in bed . This is the a sweet - smelling plant . The boy's back bears the mark of many a The unfortunate This girl is the hear the church . the bitter times . of ...
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Allan Ramsay asked banker battle of Culloden beautiful bees beggar Bernese Jura birds bread-fruit breast bright called captain child clergyman clock combs CORMORANTS Davy lamp DICTATION Dionea dreams come true dromedary earth eggs Eliza Cook Eric father fireside fish fisherman flowers gentleman GEORGE WILSON give gorilla ground hand happy Harley heart heat hive honest honey honour horse John Brown kind Kurzhagen labour Lafitte leaf learned leaves letter light LISBON live lizards LOOKING-GLASS MacClarty master neighbour nest never night o'er ostrich parents PLOUGHSHARE OF OLD poor dog Tray Prince PRINCE OF WALES QUESTIONS servant SIR HUMPHRY DAVY soon sound stood Supply the words sweet syllables tease my mother tell thee things Thou art dreaming toil told tree truant Veraine vowel wish words omitted YE HOURS young
Popular passages
Page 104 - There is no death ! What seems so is transition : This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death.
Page 105 - She is not dead, the child of our affection, But gone unto that school Where she no longer needs our poor protection, And Christ himself doth rule. In that great cloister's stillness and seclusion, By guardian angels led, Safe from temptation, safe from sin's pollution, She lives, whom we call dead.
Page 122 - It is he whom thou Hast power to aid and bless, Whose aching heart or burning brow Thy soothing hand may press.
Page 155 - Guid faith he mauna fa' that. For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that ; The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher rank than a that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that ; That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Page 111 - Every one that flatters thee Is no friend in misery. Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find: Every man will be thy friend Whilst thou hast wherewith to spend; But if store of crowns be scant, No man will supply thy want. If that one be prodigal, Bountiful they will him call, And with such-like flattering, 'Pity but he were a king...
Page 94 - Are cheered with one bright day. And let the mind's true sunshine Be spread o'er earth as free, And fill the souls of men As the waters fill the sea. The man who turns the soil Need not have an earthy mind ; The digger 'mid the coal Need not be in spirit blind : The mind can shed a light On each worthy labour done, As lowliest things are bright In the radiance of the sun.
Page 104 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted...
Page 115 - When at last I was forced from my Sheelah to part She said (while the sorrow was big at her heart), "Oh! remember your Sheelah when far, far away, And be kind, my dear Pat, to our poor dog Tray.
Page 104 - Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise.
Page 111 - He, that is thy friend indeed, He will help thee in thy need; If thou sorrow, he will weep; If thou wake, he cannot sleep; Thus of every grief, in heart, He with thee doth bear a part. These are certain signs to know Faithful friend from flattering foe.